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Baron Lee and Lady Bala are headed to Denshu, his gift from the King. There is an imposter mage who has taken over his province and he must woo the residents to support him while taking down the imposter. The town is seventeenth century in most of its infrastructure and trade. Lee knows the new king put his strongest mages in the southernmost town in the kingdom—adjacent to Darvist.

In 1984, Derek Reilly was just another teenage nerd growing up in middle England. But his love of D&D caused him to fall afoul of the Laundry, a government agency tasked with suppressing supernatural threats. It turns out that sometimes ninth level wizard spells drawn on the back of your maths textbook can look suspiciously like actual magic...

PAST AND FUTURE CLASH in the final book of the globe-spanning paleontology thriller that began with Living Memory. The threat of extinction by killer organism leads to world war as national powers vie to control the powerful technology uncovered in Thailand. Samira and her team are on the run from the United States, even as a Chinese scientist mirrors their discoveries and resists her own government's demands. Will the ancient creatures they found turn the tide and save humanity before it tears itself apart?

Es braucht mehr als eine Lüge, um Kirsten zu beschützen. Ein kreativer Attentäter. Eine Abschussliste, die in einem Weltuntergangs-Saatgut-Tresor versteckt ist.

Daniel Rhyse, nineteen, the youngest professor on campus, teaches ethics at the prestigious Cambridge Institute of Science, CIS (affectionately know as “Kiss”). But after he is ordered to give undeserved A's to the school's crack robotics team members, he realizes that he’s nothing more than a glorified rubber stamp. Rhyse has two choices: quit in protest, or accept being a doormat.

Adrian Silva is a young neuroscientist joining the team at Crestwood Research Institute, where they attempt to engineer revolutionary medical technology. A promising path appears until setbacks pile up, including a critical article poisoning public opinion, the loss of funding, and the director’s questionable motivations. A breakthrough arrives in the form of Alex Moor, a comatose brain injury patient who undergoes Adrian’s revolutionary treatment melding genetics, AI, and nano technology.

Years of research… decades of study… and it’s all led up to this. The greatest moment of researcher Roland Ohtani's professional career is at hand... but even with the eyes of the world upon him and the backing of the world’s most powerful billionaire, he never could have predicted the horrific truth that lies at the heart of everything.

Another group has claimed the Wolf system and is willing to fight for it. Alex and Jay have to defend the system they migrated to while saving the other colonies from themselves.

Die Dunkelheit kehrt zurück – stärker, bedrohlicher und unaufhaltsam. Eine uralte Macht, die das Licht des Universums verschlingt, erhebt sich erneut aus den Tiefen des Kosmos. Commander Mike und Commander Nic, die Helden der Allianz, stehen vor ihrer bisher größten Herausforderung. Gemeinsam mit einer vereinten Flotte aus Myan, der verborgenen Zivilisation der Erde und alten Feinden wie den Rhazorianern, begeben sie sich auf eine gefährliche Reise, um das Universum vor der drohenden Finsternis zu retten.

In Kalifornien beginnt das stärkste Erdbeben aller Zeiten. Die Technik, die Behörden, das Militär: alle versagen. Schnell wird klar: Zwischen der Mutter aller Erdbeben und dem Ende der Menschheit stehen ein kleines Team aus Wissenschaftlern ... und ein Junge, der in seiner eigenen Fantasy-Welt gefangen ist: Casper! Ein Autist, der sich gut mit Farben auskennt, aber nicht mit Gefühlen. Der Weltuntergang interessiert ihn wenig, denn für ihn zählt nur die Realität in seinem Kopf. Doch warum sollte jemand eine Welt retten, in der er nie zuhause war?

The genre-busting Peril in Plain Space trilogy is complete! In 2013, author Kerry Nietz stunned the world with his science fiction take on a seemingly nonsensical title--Amish Vampires in Space. The story of Jebediah Miller and the other Raven survivors has since expanded into two more seemingly improbably concoctions--Amish Zombies from Space and Amish Werewolves of Space--both of which have won awards and delighted fans of the original story.

A barrage of ice meteors streaks through the void, targeting every colony and even Earth herself. The devastating force of these nearly invisible projectiles is sudden and catastrophic. Devin Starn's Red Company and the seasoned crew aboard the Borag are called upon to assist. Initially tasked with providing emergency services, they soon find themselves on a perilous mission to join forces with the Earth Navy in hunting down the source of these deadly attacks.

Dr. Christopher Walters has been assigned to a medical evac team serving on the front line of the war against the alien invaders known as the Novo. As part of the Dog Food Squad, his role is to provide battlefield triage to wounded soldiers in no man's land. Life expectancy at the front is so low no one uses their real names, and he teams up with Hawk, Mouse, Leech, Lavender, and William Sunday to save those he can from the brutal reality of war. The Novos, though, are not what they seem. Inconsistencies leave Doc questioning the war and wondering what the price will be for peace...

Story three of The Dawn series follows Victor Siversky, a talented, outspoken scientist researching the biological foundations of human moral judgment. His project takes a sharp turn when a new-generation AI system gets involved, and a prominent journalist sets out to write a story about his longtime scientific rivalry.

More than the Sun and Stars is a captivating and awe-inspiring exploration of what it means to be a child and a parent, to have power and responsibility, and to retain one’s identity in the face of staggering technological change. This remarkable story raises profound questions about human nature, technology, and what our future may hold.

In The End of The World, a sci-fi survival novella by Peter Dingus, the Earth has been destroyed, and humanity's last hope lies on Mars. This thrilling post-apocalyptic story follows Major General Liam, stationed on Mars-Geo, as he navigates the isolation, devastation, and immense pressure of leading the last survivors of the human race.

What would you do if you were part of the last of humanity, stranded on the moon? That's the fate of Moon Base Armstrong after an unexpected event strands 137 people. They all volunteered to set up the base, not be humanity's last stand. The urgent, day-to-day life and death struggle to make the moon base self-sustaining gives way to despair, fear, and hope.

Step into the breathtaking future of Age of Logos, where the rise of artificial superintelligence redefines the boundaries of humanity and power. When Logos, a transcendent superintelligence, emerges from the Singularity, it ushers in an era of radical transformation, challenging humanity to adapt, evolve, and survive.

Im tiefen Weltraum, wo das Licht schwächer wird und die Grenzen zwischen Raum und Zeit unklar sind, bereiten sich Commander Mike und Commander Nic auf eine Mission vor. Die Herausforderung ist größer als je zuvor. Mit den mächtigen Schiffen Lunar Spear und Solar Guardian reisen sie ins Unbekannte.

Während die Menschheit die erste autarke Siedlung auf dem Mars feiert, befinden sich der leitende Ingenieur Dr. John Harper und sein Team in Lebensgefahr: Heftige Staubstürme, die sich selbst Experten nicht erklären können, machen jeden Schritt auf dem Roten Planeten zu einem unkalkulierbaren Risiko.